LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.

I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law [is] within my heart."

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit [it to be so] now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

He will not cry out, nor raise [His voice,] Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.

Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it [is] an evil time.

" Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.